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College ends season for soccer team over 'offensive and racist' costume

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Updated: 3:15 PM EDT Nov 3, 2017

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A Massachusetts college soccer team is barred from competing in its conference tournament because a player attended an on-campus Halloween party with her skin darkened.

A photo taken Friday shows the white Wheaton College women's soccer player with her skin darkened by makeup, a drawn-on goatee and a bald cap.

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Students say she was portraying a character from the movie "White Chicks" played by actor Terry Crews, who is black. In a letter sent to students and staff, Wheaton President Dennis Hanno says the team has been suspended from playing Saturday in a tournament game at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Hanno says the decision was intended to "send a clear message that racist and offensive behavior will not be tolerated."